Our hop closes On September 9th 11.59 am andSara will be announcing an overall winner LIVE on Hochanda! Winners from indivdual blogs will be announced on the Facebook pages of Crafter's Companion and Spectrum Noir on September 9th - exciting!!!!

Using the gorgeous Colourista colouring pads, honestly these blew me away, the Glitter and the Foil what an amazing invention for colouring!

The first is a hanging plaque, I brought in a cheap shop and decorated it

I coloured elements from the A4 Colourista Glitter pad and the 5 x 7 Colourista glitter pad, cut them out and shaped the flowers, I used the Colourista colours to colour with and the shine you see in the photo has had no enhancement, it is the pure glitter! The pens blend magically over it! and the bestest bit is the glitter stays put! you are not covered in it from colouring! The more I colour over Glitter the more I become addicted to it!

The second project I have to share today is the fab Foil pad :)

Oh me oh my

The resist from the foil on this I love, its almost like you try to make the foil disappear but it is not having it and shines through, I adore this pad, and wanted to do something a little different than traditonal colouring, so I got out my sparkle pens and washed over the sheet with water then dripped ink directly from the pens onto the sheet, love it!

I just love the effect! I think I will be doing a few more like this, one of my fave things to do with sparkle pens lol

I kept the card basic as the images says it all :)

Thanks so much for popping by today - I really hope you enjoy the hop - don't forget to leave a comment for prizes :) yay

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They are both stunning! I love butterflies anyways and butterflies and Spectrum Noir are a wonderful guilty pleasure. I am so excited and can't wait for these to be available in the UK and there's a Colorista course too!! Many thanks for the fabulous blog hop and for sharing your beautiful pieces of art Karen x

Love the use of the wooden plaque with the coloured glitter flowers, has a lovely updated rustic feel. As for the butterfly, ethereal. Georgeous. Must try your technique, amazing what you can do with a little water!

WOW wow WOWLOVE your LOVE heart plaque, the flowers, colours and sparkle are BEAUTIFUL!!!ADORE your card, the butterflies and colours are STUNNING, the technique you used to colour them EXCITING!!!THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION :)

Hi Jo, love your projects. The card (hello sunshine) that you've made for in the frame is absolutely wonderful and my favourite. I would be so pleased when someone gave a frame- like yours - to me. I would put it in my craft room for daily inspiration.

Joey, thank you so much for picking me as a winner! The 1st person that said I had won I just laughed. Then someone else said it and I still said it was a joke! Third time of telling I checked it out! Wooohooo I have won. Thank you for the wonderful blog! 😀

Jo, thank you for choosing me as the winner of your blog hop. I didn't believe it to start with! My prize arrived here in California today! Set 3 of the Colorista pencils, set 6 of the Colorista pens and the In full Bloom colouring book. Yah!!!

The Boring Bit :O)

I never really know what to write in regards to copyright, but please respect mine as you would want your own to be respected. We all need inspiration and I hope my cards can provide a little of that for someone, but please dont take or directly copy my cards or any other work to enter for challenges/dt work or publications. thankyou :o)